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The Dark Before Dawn
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“I still wake up screaming and reliving things that happened to me.”
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From the StoryCorps Archive: Educators' Stories
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“You came in just in the nick of time, like a knight in shining armor.”
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“I didn’t try to find you because I believed that you were dead.”
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“If he got it, he’d give it to you. If he didn’t have it he’d tell you how to get it.”
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The Great Thanksgiving Listen 2019

Watch these intergenerational animated stories as inspiration leading up to #TheGreatListen.

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Q & A

Q & A
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Driving Lessons
2:39

Driving Lessons
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The Temple of Knowledge

The Temple of Knowledge
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No More Questions!

No More Questions!

Animated Shorts

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Silvia's Legacy
2:29
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The Last Viewing

Veterans' Voices

Honoring the voices and experiences of service members, recorded through our Military Voices Initiative.

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1st Squad, 3rd Platoon

1st Squad, 3rd Platoon

Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams reflects on being the sole survivor of a bomb blast that killed his entire 12-man squad.
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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”
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“Because she was Asian, they wouldn’t accept her. Mom said she didn’t care; she enlisted anyway.”

Flip and Christine Cuddy remember their mother, Susan Ahn Cuddy, a Navy gunnery officer who served in World War II.
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Tom's War
2:25

Tom's War

After being drafted in 1969, Tom Geerdes served as an Army medic in the 11th Armored Cavalry in Vietnam and Cambodia. Like many veterans, he returned home a changed man.
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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."
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"We would turn the sound on so that it sounded like tanks moving on the roads."

Gil Seltzer, 104, speaks with his granddaughter, Sarah Seltzer, about what it was like to be part of a top-secret deception unit in World War II.
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